Christoph Keplinger: The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future
كريستوف كيبلينغر: العضلاتُ الاصطناعيّةُ مفتاحُ قوّةِ روبوتاتِ المستقبل
Christoph Keplinger aims to fundamentally challenge current limitations of robotic hardware, combining soft matter physics and chemistry with advanced engineering technologies to create a new generation of lifelike robots. Full bio
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for disaster response
وهوَ بالفعلِ كذلك.
of the winning robot, HUBO.
(هيوبو) الفائز.
is a state-of-the-art robot
هو روبوتٌ متقدّم المستوى
all that different
in the competition,
well, very robotic.
ما تزالُ آليةً جدًا.
mechanical structures
rigid electric motors.
الكهربائيّة التقليديّة.
ويكونَ وجودها إلى جانب البشر آمناً
with the brains of robots,
تفكيرِ الروبوتات
way faster than HUBO.
أسرع بكثيرٍ من (هيوبو)
on monkey bars with ease,
الحديقةِ بسهولة أيضاً،
human-like robot could do.
أي روبوتٍ شبيه بالبشر.
of soft and deformable materials
من الموادّ اللينة والقابلة لتغيير شكلها
efficiency and by the soft materials
the key idea of a new field of research
لميدانِ بحثٍ جديد
and collaborators around the world
inspired by muscle and skin
مستوحاةً من العضلاتِ والبشرة
of the organisms found in nature.
الموجودةِ في الطبيعة.
by biological muscle.
a bit like Arnie, the Terminator.
يشبه قليلاً صوت (آرني) من فلم (Terminator)
is a true masterpiece of evolution.
من تحفِ التطوّر.
with sensory neurons
and the environment.
to power the high-speed wings
لتقوية الأجنحة ذات السرعة العالية
to move an elephant;
to be used in the extremely versatile arms
أذرعِ الأخطبوط متعددة القدرات
its entire body through tiny holes.
في فتحاتٍ صغيرة جدًا.
what muscles are for animals:
هي بمثابة العضلاتِ في الحيوانات:
and interaction with the world.
والتفاعلِ مع العالم.
as the real thing,
لأداء العضلات الحقيقية،
people have tried for many decades
أنّ الناس قد حاولوا لعقودٍ طويلة
capabilities of muscle,
publications on artificial muscle,
فيما يخصّ العضلاتِ الاصطناعيّة،
of dielectric bodies
حجم وشكل الأجسام العازلة.)
Wilhelm Röntgen.
الألمانيّ (ويلهم رونتكين)
as the discoverer of the X-ray.
مكتشفَ الأشعّة السينيّة (X).
we used a pair of needles.
a transparent piece of rubber
onto a plastic frame.
is not a practical way
got me hooked on the topic.
كل انتباهي لهذا الموضوع.
to build artificial muscles
عضلاتٍ اصطناعيّة
for real-world applications.
الحياة العمليّة.
on a number of different technologies
على تقنيّاتٍ عديدةٍ مختلفة
that are hard to overcome.
التي تعترضُ طريقَ تنفيذها.
the high speed and efficiency
of soft, fluidic actuators.
really old science in a new way.
ولكن بطرائق جديدة."
يدعى (ضغط ماكسويل).
filled with oil,
up in between the two plates,
على المرورِ بين الصفيحتين،
much better than I expected.
outstanding team of students,
called HASEL artificial muscles.
الاصطناعيّة والتي تدعى (هيزل).
to pick up a raspberry
حبّة توتٍ بعناية
like real muscle.
كما في العضلاتِ الحقيقة.
faster than the real thing.
من العضلات الحقيقية.
to deliver large forces.
أن تعمل بقوّاتٍ كبيرة.
a gallon filled with water.
وهي ترفع جالوناً من الماء.
self-sense their position.
for very precise movement,
للحركات التي تتطلّب الدقّة،
very fluidic, muscle-like movement
to shoot up a ball into the air.
في الهواء.
can be made invisible.
easily available materials.
ومتوافرة بشكلٍ دائم.
لعضلات (هيزل) في المنزل.
and fill them with olive oil.
بزيت الزيتون،
as much as you can.
بقدر الاستطاعة
and place it on one side of the bag.
ثمّ ضعوه على جانب كيس البلاستيك.
you see the bag contract.
is easy to control.
you get a small contraction.
يكون التقلّص قليلاً؛
we get a medium contraction.
يكون التقلّصُ متوسّطاً؛
you get a large contraction.
يكونُ التقلّص كبيراً.
is to replace the force of your hand
يختلف من حيثُ مصدر القوّة،
يتمّ استخدامُ قوّةٍ كهربائية.
self-healing electrostatic actuators."
المحرّكات الكهروستاتية ذاتيّة الإصلاح،
called Peano-HASEL actuators,
such as our Ziploc bag,
ككيس البلاستيكِ في تجربتنا،
such as olive oil,
on one side of the pouch.
that looks more like a muscle fiber,
starts acting on the liquid.
على السائل في الكيس،
مما يجبرُ نموذجَ العضلة على التقلّص.
Peano-HASEL actuator
(بيانو هيزل) المكتملة
when voltage is applied.
عند تطبيق التوتر الكهربائي.
take a more cylindrical shape,
such muscle fibers next to each other
even more like a muscle
in cross section.
that's about 200 times heavier
أثقل من وزنها بمئتي مرّة.
أنبوبة حلقية رُبعية من عضلات (هيزل)
called quadrant donut HASELs
reaching superhuman speeds.
سرعة العضلات البشريّة.
to jump off the ground.
to become the first technology
الواعدة أوّل تكنولوجيا
of biological muscle
أو حتى تكون أفضل منها...
with large-scale manufacturing.
We are just getting started.
فقد بدأنا للتوّ،
drastically improve performance,
to reach a level of performance
للوصول إلى كفاءةٍ في الأداء
traditional rigid electric motors.
وأيضاً المحرّكات الكهربائيّة التقليدية.
لعضلات (هيزل) في الروبوتات الحيوية،
of HASEL for bio-inspired robotics,
and elephant trunks,
وأيضاً خراطيم الفيلة،
soft continuum actuators
تتميّز بأداءٍ سلس،
to the capabilities of the real thing.
العضلات الحقيقية.
about the practical applications
of more lifelike prosthetics
من الأطراف الصناعيّة والشبيهة بالحقيقية
parts of their bodies.
driving a prosthetic finger.
our bodies with robotic parts.
الأطرافِ الروبوتيّة مع أطراف أجسادنا.
more dependent on others
such as using the restroom alone,
كاستعمال المرحاض بأنفسهما،
they're becoming a burden.
بأنّهما ثقلٌ على الآخرين.
to enhance and restore
سنستطيع تقوية واسترجاع
maintain autonomy
على القيام بأعمالهم بنفسهم
"robotics for antiaging"
"الروبوتات ضدّ الشيخوخة"
من مسيرة تطوّر الإنسان.
rigid counterparts,
near people and help us at home.
أن تعمل بأمانٍ بقرب الناس
We're just getting started.
from many different backgrounds
الشبابُ من مختلفِ الخلفيّات
لهذا المجال الواعد
inspired by nature.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christoph Keplinger - Roboticist, mechanical engineerChristoph Keplinger aims to fundamentally challenge current limitations of robotic hardware, combining soft matter physics and chemistry with advanced engineering technologies to create a new generation of lifelike robots.
Why you should listen
Robots today rely on rigid components and electric motors that use metal and magnets, making them heavy, unsafe near humans, expensive and ill-suited for unpredictable environments. Nature, in contrast, makes extensive use of soft materials such as muscles and skin and has produced organisms that drastically outperform robots in terms of agility, dexterity and adaptability. Christoph Keplinger aims to fundamentally challenge current limitations of robotic hardware, using an interdisciplinary approach that synergizes concepts from soft matter physics and chemistry with advanced engineering technologies to introduce intelligent materials systems for a new generation of life-like robots.
A major theme of Keplinger's research is the development of new classes of actuators -- a key component of all robotic systems -- that replicate the sweeping success of biological muscle, a masterpiece of evolution. He is the principal inventor of HASEL artificial muscles, a new class of high-performance muscle-mimetic actuators for use in next-generation robots that replicate the vast capabilities of biological systems. In 2018 he cofounded Artimus Robotics to commercialize the technology.
Originally from Austria, Keplinger studied physics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz before moving to the US to research mechanics and chemistry at Harvard. He is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and a fellow of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he leads a highly interdisciplinary research group that works on soft robotics, energy harvesting and functional polymers. His work has been published in Science Magazine, among others, and highlighted in popular outlets such as National Geographic. Keplinger he has received prestigious awards including a 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
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